Drinking Loads Of Water Does Not Seem To Improve Health There is little evidence that drinking loads of water, a recommended 8 glasses of 8 ounces (8x8) per day, improves your
health, say scientists from the University of Pennsylvania. The two kidney experts explained that unless you are an athlete or live in a hot place, drinking extra water may be a waste of time.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comMany U.S. Clinical Trials Underrepresent Certain Populations, Including Minorities, Study Finds Many clinical trials conducted in the U.S. exclude or underrepresent participants from numerous populations, including women, people over age 65, the disabled, rural residents and minorities, according to a report released on Tuesday,
HealthDay/U.S. News & World Report reports (Mozes,
HealthDay/U.S. News & World Report, 4/1).
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comGroup Files Petition Signatures For S.D. Ballot Initiative That Would Ban Most Abortions The antiabortion group VoteYesForLife.com on Monday said it has filed more than enough signatures for a South Dakota ballot initiative that would ban virtually all abortions with limited exceptions, the Sioux Falls Argus Leader reports (Woster, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 4/1).
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comPaying Medicare Advantage Plans Same Rates As Traditional Medicare Would Delay Program Insolvency By 18 Months, Medicare Actuary Says If private Medicare Advantage plans were paid at the same rate as traditional Medicare, the program's hospital trust fund would remain solvent for an additional 18 months past the projected insolvency date of early 2019, CMS Actuary Richard Foster said at a House Ways and Means
Health Subcommittee hearing on Tuesday, CQ
HealthBeat reports.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSenators Propose Offsets For House Mental Health Parity Bill To Increase Chance Of Passage Senate
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chair Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) have proposed a new set of cost offsets to the House version of a mental
health parity bill (HR 1424) that passed in March, CongressDaily reports.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCalifornia Proposes Ban On 'Balanced Billing' By Health Insurers For Emergency Care The California Department of Managed
Health Care on Friday released draft regulations that would bar physicians and hospitals from billing patients for the cost of services above what their HMOs are willing to pay, the Los Angeles Times reports. The draft regulations are an attempt by Gov.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comHealth Benefits Of Drinking Lots Of Water Disputed A recent look at what is known about the
health effects of drinking water reveals that most supposed benefits are not backed by solid evidence. The findings indicate that most people do not need to worry about drinking their recommended 8 glasses of 8 ounces ("8x8") of water per day. The editorial is published in the June 2008 issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN).
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comStanford Researcher Criticizes FDA Plans To Reduce Oversight Of Off-label Drug Use Proposed guidelines from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration would allow companies to market more
drugs for unapproved uses and are a step in the wrong direction, said a researcher from the Stanford University School of
Medicine.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com
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